Arno Kuhl wrote: > Is there a > way for apache to catch these requests before passing it to php? Is it > more efficient for apache to handle this than php? 2 x yes. I think you could probably use <LocationMatch> and ban all access with "Deny from all". /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php